symptom
Sign of illness
A symptom is a sign that something is wrong—typically a physical or mental change indicating disease or disorder: Fever is a common symptom of infection.
Symptoms are what patients report; doctors distinguish these from signs, which they observe directly.
The word extends to any indication of an underlying problem: Rising crime rates are a symptom of deeper social issues.
Identification of illness
- diseaseDisorder impairing normal function
- illnessState of poor health
- conditionState or stipulation
- disorderAbsence of organization
syndrome · infection · ailment · inflammation · fever · pain · fatigue · nausea
diagnosis
Identification of illness
disorder · syndrome · infection · ailment · inflammation · fever · pain · fatigue · nausea · malady
sign
Mark conveying information
manifestation · indication · evidence · clue · harbinger · telltale · red flag · precursor · hallmark · characteristic
queasy
Mildly sick to stomach
- vomitingExpelling stomach contents orally
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- vertigoSensation of spinning
nauseous · seasick · carsick · airsick · woozy · heave · retch · gag · motion sickness · morning sickness
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
- illnessdisease, sickness, illness, ailment, disorder
- medical termsdiagnosis, disorder, surgery, disease, illness
- nursingnurse, nursing, nurses, RN, LPN
- medical diagnosisdiagnosis, condition, disease, disorder, prognosis
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
symptomcause
What produces an effect
root cause · etiology · source · origin · underlying cause
symptomhealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · normalcy · clean bill of health · baseline · homeostasis
- flu symptomsHow illness manifests
- stroke symptoms
- withdrawal symptomsEffects of stopping dependence
- flu-like symptomsSigns mimicking influenza
- no symptoms
- symptom free
asymptomatic, symptoms, symptomatic, symptomatically, symptomless, symptomatology, presymptomatic